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Supplementary material for
Black carbon and mineral dust on two glaciers on the central
Tibetan Plateau: Sources and implications
XIAOFEI LI, 1,2,3 SHICHANG KANG, 4,5 MICHAEL SPRENGER, 6 YULAN ZHANG, 4
XIAOBO HE, 4 GUOSHUAI ZHANG, 7 LEKHENDRA TRIPATHEE, 4 CHAOLIU LI, 5,7
JUNJI CAO 1,2,3*
1 Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Xi’an, 710061, China
2 State Key Lab of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Xi’an, 710061, China
3 CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi’an, 710061, China
4 State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
5 CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
6 Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
7 Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau
Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Corresponding author:
Prof. Dr. Junji Cao. E-mail: [email protected]
This supplementary material consists of 19 pages, including eleven figures, six tables and
literatures cited.
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Figures
Fig. S1. The Xiao Dongkemadi Glacier and Zhadang Glacier. (a) Photo of the Xiao Dongkemadi Glacier,
(b) sampling sites on the Xiao Dongkemadi Glacier, (c) photo of the Zhadang Glacier and (d) sampling
sites on the Zhadang Glacier.
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Fig. S2. Different sample type collected from the central Tibetan Plateau glaciers.
Fig. S3. Photos of the automatic weather station (AWS) set up on the central Tibetan plateau glaciers.
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Fig. S4. Backward trajectories starting at below 500 hPa launched over Xiao Dongkemadi Glacier (Blue
dots) and fire counts from May to October 2015. Black dots: the air parcels had 'no contact' to a fire within
96 h before arriving at the study glaciers; Green dots: a fire will be passed in the 48 h before arriving at the
study glaciers; Magenta dots: the air parcel had a fire contact between 48-96 h before arriving at the study
glaciers, but not during the 48 h immediately before arrival; Red dots: air parcels having fire contact in the
earlier and later time period; The color code gives the mean number of FINN 1.5 fire counts within a 0.25°
× 0.25° grid box, averaged over the period May–Oct 2015 and spatially smoothed with a 100 km filter
radius (FINN 1.5 fire spots km-2).
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Fig. S5. Backward trajectories starting at below 500 hPa launched over Zhadang Glacier (Blue dots) and
fire counts from May to October 2015. Black dots: the air parcels had 'no contact' to a fire within 96 h
before arriving at the study glaciers; Green dots: a fire will be passed in the 48 h before arriving at the
study glaciers; Magenta dots: the air parcel had a fire contact between 48-96 h before arriving at the study
glaciers, but not during the 48 h immediately before arrival; Red dots: air parcels having fire contact in the
earlier and later time period; The color code gives the mean number of FINN 1.5 fire counts within a 0.25°
× 0.25° grid box, averaged over the period May–Oct 2015 and spatially smoothed with a 100 km filter
radius (FINN 1.5 fire spots km-2).
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Fig. S6. Contributions of fire spots sourced BC emissions deposited at Xiao Dongkemadi Glacier from
May to October 2015. The different times correspond to the time in hours before the air parcels arrive at
the measurement site, and the differently colored bars to the distance in km below which the fire has to be
relative to the trajectory position. Fire crossing (%) represented the percentage of parcel trajectories that
crossing at least one fire spot over a certain time period.
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Fig. S7. Contributions of fire spots sourced BC emissions deposited at Zhadang Glacier from May to
October 2015. The different times correspond to the time in hours before the air parcels arrive at the
measurement site, and the differently colored bars to the distance in km below which the fire has to be
relative to the trajectory position. Fire crossing (%) represented the percentage of parcel trajectories that
crossing at least one fire spot over a certain time period.
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Fig. S8. Maps of wind speed, and the geopotential heights in the study region based on ECMWF analysis
data from May to October 2015. The dots mark the position of the air parcels at 24, 60, and 96 h before
arrival at the measurement site. Only air parcels arriving at 500 hPa at the Xiao Dongkemadi Glacier site
(Black dots) are included. Color bar represented the wind speed (m s−1), contour lines represented the
geopotential heights (m2 s−2).
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Fig. S9. Maps of wind speed, and the geopotential heights in the study region based on ECMWF analysis
data from May to October 2015. The dots mark the position of the air parcels at 24 , 60, and 96 h before
arrival at the measurement site. Only air parcels arriving at 500 hPa at the Zhadang Glacier site (Black
dots) are included. Color bar represented the wind speed (m s−1), contour lines represented the geopotential
heights (m2 s−2).
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Fig. S10. Distributions of BC and MD concentrations in snow/ice on the Tibetan plateau and its
surroundings.
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Fig. S11. MODIS (MODIS-Terra MOD08_M3 v6) atmospheric optical depth (AOD) fields at 550 nm from
May and October 2015 derived using Dark Target algorithm over the Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings.
(http://giovanni.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov).
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Tables
Table S1. Location information of the surface snow/ice sampling on the Xiao Dongkemadi Glacier and
Zhadang Glacier.
Site Longitude (°) Latitude (°) Altitude (m a.s.l.)
XDKMD-1 92.07388 33.06268 5454
XDKMD-2 92.07466 33.06398 5483
XDKMD-3 92.07581 33.06482 5508
XDKMD-4 92.07695 33.06587 5534
XDKMD-5 92.07799 33.06686 5559
XDKMD-6 92.07916 33.06794 5585
XDKMD-7 92.08027 33.06922 5607
XDKMD-8 92.08136 33.07033 5627
XDKMD-9 92.08238 33.07146 5649
XDKMD-10 92.08297 33.07299 5670
XDKMD-11 92.08399 33.07404 5691
XDKMD-12 92.08487 33.07504 5707
ZD-1 90.640150 30.475283 5570
ZD-2 90.641117 30.474683 5595
ZD-3 90.642083 30.473983 5615
ZD-4 90.643417 30.472783 5635
ZD-5 90.644650 30.472000 5655
ZD-6 90.646883 30.470900 5670
ZD-7 90.644950 30.470133 5675
ZD-8 90.645550 30.468817 5695
ZD-9 90.648783 30.470077 5690
ZD-10 90.643933 30.467050 5735
ZD-11 90.642668 30.465573 5755
ZD-12 90.650633 30.467983 5770
ZD-13 90.641283 30.463950 5790
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Table S2. BC concentrations (ng g−1) in the surface snow/ice of the Xiao Dongkemadi Glacier and Zhadang Glacier.
Site May 2015 Jun 2015 Jul 2015 Aug 2015 Sep 2015 Oct 2015
XDKMD-1 398.50 288.45 1307.18 10073.69 1891.11 2598.69
XDKMD-2 298.63 230.88 4109.95 8362.78 2216.76 479.97
XDKMD-3 135.94 258.71 422.47 676.26 4773.66 2086.41
XDKMD-4 161.66 283.08 9884.74 526.40 5577.45 951.12
XDKMD-5 38.55 128.46 489.71 3459.54 2995.51 223.97
XDKMD-6 30.54 286.74 1656.58 10522.05 8562.70 1418.60
XDKMD-7 34.57 256.88 382.11 134.11 4106.09 1011.17
XDKMD-8 47.79 263.60 354.50 129.29 2188.21 994.38
XDKMD-9 42.70 207.98 330.12 110.77 4919.50 997.06
XDKMD-10 47.53 246.60 146.34 57.25 2514.42 541.31
XDKMD-11 51.46 178.72 376.31 35.70 7494.85 229.24
XDKMD-12 42.36 119.92 213.42 31.63 1341.11 332.77
ZD-1 673.70 - - 52.35 2508.68 -
ZD-2 709.31 - - 51.63 1164.29 -
ZD-3 688.10 - - 52.82 2550.48 -
ZD-4 848.40 - - 56.74 2610.85 -
ZD-5 839.19 - - 51.93 533.47 -
ZD-6 751.81 - - 53.28 2128.78 -
ZD-7 716.81 - - 53.52 818.13 -
ZD-8 733.75 - - 54.68 131.65 -
ZD-9 607.67 - - 57.23 123.97 -
ZD-10 578.46 - - 56.45 129.08 -
ZD-11 529.66 - - 57.41 127.62 -
ZD-12 290.47 - - 51.30 119.71 -
ZD-13 188.66 - - 52.81 113.29 -
- denotes no samples.
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Table S3. MD concentrations (μg g−1) in the surface snow/ice of the Xiao Dongkemadi Glacier and
Zhadang Glacier.
Site May 2015 Jun 2015 Jul 2015 Aug 2015 Sep 2015 Oct 2015
XDKMD-1 37.01 43.02 424.41 2564.55 718.09 584.96
XDKMD-2 38.18 32.02 1244.46 3462.90 661.26 120.76
XDKMD-3 19.87 27.59 112.50 140.95 951.57 92.49
XDKMD-4 19.24 45.23 1913.88 123.51 980.84 305.50
XDKMD-5 1.31 22.64 103.89 1093.31 710.43 45.35
XDKMD-6 0.44 40.01 387.79 3103.61 1860.20 395.59
XDKMD-7 0.55 31.98 77.65 36.66 1049.07 276.67
XDKMD-8 1.32 35.47 98.83 28.32 661.91 215.07
XDKMD-9 2.50 27.02 71.59 19.63 1114.64 239.15
XDKMD-10 2.15 31.97 12.83 2.98 386.10 82.07
XDKMD-11 3.16 16.00 82.12 2.22 1781.31 25.54
XDKMD-12 2.22 12.58 46.07 2.45 277.90 51.90
ZD-1 77.54 - - 2.05 759.60 -
ZD-2 78.32 - - 1.76 438.93 -
ZD-3 73.73 - - 2.02 875.00 -
ZD-4 78.26 - - 1.58 863.53 -
ZD-5 90.72 - - 2.23 123.32 -
ZD-6 86.67 - - 2.57 585.82 -
ZD-7 72.48 - - 2.28 227.32 -
ZD-8 77.85 - - 2.41 19.81 -
ZD-9 70.54 - - 1.82 17.40 -
ZD-10 61.96 - - 1.60 19.47 -
ZD-11 57.84 - - 1.55 17.41 -
ZD-12 26.72 - - 1.19 19.46 -
ZD-13 29.17 - - 1.02 17.75 -
- denotes no samples.
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Table S4. BC concentrations (ng g−1) in glaciers from the Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings.
Glaciers Longitude (°)
Latitude (°)
Altitude (m a.s.l.) Types BC References
Xiao Dongkemadi glacier 92.0667 33.0667 5420-5760 surface snow 190 This study
Xiao Dongkemadi glacier 90.4667 33.0667 5420-5760 surface ice 3018 This study
Zhadang glacier 90.6500 30.4833 5570-5790 surface snow 300 This study
Zhadang glacier 88.9600 30.4833 5570-5790 surface ice 1759 This study
Urumqi glacier No.1 86.8167 43.1000 3845-4050 surface snow 882 (Ming and others, 2016)
Laohugou glacier No.12 96.5500 39.4167 4400-5000 surface snow 315 (Li and others, 2016)
Laohugou glacier No.12 94.6500 39.4167 4400-5000 surface ice 26778 (Li and others, 2016)
Muji glacier 73.7333 39.1833 4700-5500 surface snow 378 (Yang and others, 2015)
Meikuang glacier 94.1833 35.6667 5200 surface snow 446 (Xu and others, 2006)
Namunani glacier 81.2667 30.4500 5780-6080 surface snow 4 (Xu and others, 2006)
Yarlong glacier 96.7736 29.3074 4030-4124 surface snow 80 Unpublished
Qiangyong glacier 90.2500 28.8333 5400 surface snow 43 (Xu and others, 2006)
Kangwure glacier 85.8167 28.4667 6000 surface snow 22 (Xu and others, 2006)
Baishui glacier No.1 100.1964 27.1044 4660-4740 surface snow 520 (Niu and others, 2017)
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Table S5. MD concentrations (μg g−1) in glaciers from the Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings.
Glaciers Longitude (°)
Latitude (°)
Altitude (m a.s.l.) Types MD References
Xiao Dongkemadi glacier 90.4667 33.0667 5420-5760 surface ice 760 This study
Xiao Dongkemadi glacier 92.0667 33.0667 5420-5760 surface snow 32 This study
Zhadang glacier 88.9600 30.4833 5570-5790 surface ice 553 This study
Zhadang glacier 90.6500 30.4833 5570-5790 surface snow 32 This study
Urumqi glacier No.1 86.8167 43.1000 3845-4050 surface snow 762 (Ming and others, 2016)
Laohugou glacier No.12 94.6500 39.4167 4400-5000 surface ice 3151 (Li and others, 2016)
Laohugou glacier No.12 96.5500 39.4167 4400-5000 surface snow 37 (Li and others, 2016)
Muji glacier 73.7333 39.1833 4700-5500 surface snow 61 (Yang and others, 2015)
Muztagh Ata 75.1000 38.2000 5910 surface snow 109 (Wake and others, 1994)
Hispar glacier 75.5000 36.0000 5150 surface snow 137 (Wake and others, 1994)
Meikuang glacier 94.2000 35.7000 5480 surface snow 78 (Wake and others, 1994)
Chongce ice cap 86.1000 35.2000 6237 surface snow 226 (Wake and others, 1994)
Yarlong glacier 96.7736 29.3074 4030-4124 surface snow 8 Unpublished
Qiangyong glacier 90.2000 28.8000 5850 surface snow 33 (Wake and others, 1994)
Ngozumpa glacier 86.7000 28.0000 5700 surface snow 7 (Wake and others, 1994)
Mera glacier 86.8833 27.7167 5400 surface snow 9 (Kaspari and others, 2014)
Baishui glacier No.1 100.1964 27.1044 4660-4740 surface snow 11 (Niu and others, 2017)
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Table S6. Contributions of BC and MD to the glacier melt during May-October in fresh snow, aged snow and granular ice at different scenarios on the central
Tibetan Plateau glaciers.
Glaciers Types ScenariosMelt without
impurities(mm w.e.)
Melt with MD
(mm w.e.)
Melt with BC(mm w.e.)
Melt with MD and BC
(mm w.e.)
MD(%)
BC(%)
MD&BC(%)
Xiao Dongkemadi
Fresh snow
Low -188 ± 92 -189 ± 92 -199 ± 92 -199 ± 92 1 ± 1 7 ± 4 7 ± 4Medium -271 ± 145 -272 ± 144 -283 ± 143 -284 ± 142 1 ± 1 6 ± 4 6 ± 4
High -422 ± 240 -423 ± 239 -436 ± 235 -437 ± 235 0 ± 0 5 ± 4 5 ± 4
Aged snow
Low -325 ± 85 -354 ± 96 -395 ± 108 -412 ± 116 9 ± 4 21 ±10 26 ± 11Medium -455 ± 111 -487 ± 117 -535 ± 118 -555 ± 126 7 ± 4 18 ± 10 23 ± 11
High -618 ± 181 -651 ± 186 -706 ± 193 -725 ± 201 6 ± 4 15 ± 11 19 ± 13
Granular ice
Low -475 ± 177 -540 ± 215 -599 ± 254 -623 ± 270 12 ± 11 24 ± 17 28 ± 19Medium -627 ± 234 -671 ± 259 -732 ± 297 -743 ± 305 6 ± 5 15 ± 11 17 ± 11
High -706 ± 263 -737 ± 280 -798 ± 319 -801 ± 321 4 ± 3 12 ± 8 12 ± 8
Zhadang
Fresh snow
Low -151 ± 13 -152 ± 13 -160 ± 12 -160 ± 12 0 ± 0 5 ± 2 6 ± 2Medium -222 ± 25 -222 ± 24 -230 ± 22 -231 ± 22 0 ± 0 4 ± 2 4 ± 2
High -358 ± 42 -359 ± 42 -367 ± 39 -367 ± 39 0 ± 0 2 ± 1 3 ± 1
Aged snow
Low -652 ± 425 -798 ± 600 -1014 ± 853 -1059 ± 897 18 ± 15 44 ± 37 50 ± 40Medium -848 ± 519 -1042 ± 758 -1319 ± 1089 -1373 ± 1142 18 ± 17 43 ± 41 49 ± 44
High -1087 ± 609 -1348 ± 943 -1677 ± 1342 -1737 ± 1403 18 ± 20 42 ± 44 47 ± 47
Granular ice
Low -986 ± 46 -1087 ± 41 -1156 ± 62 -1216 ± 78 10 ± 5 17 ± 8 24 ± 10Medium -1294 ± 48 -1360 ± 36 -1433 ± 49 -1469 ± 54 5 ± 2 11 ± 5 14 ± 6
High -1448 ± 46 -1494 ± 36 -1568 ± 43 -1589 ± 44 3 ± 2 8 ± 4 10 ± 4Note: Different scenarios depend on the albedo reduction relative to Xiao Dongkemadi Glacier and Zhadang Glacier. MD (%), BC (%), MD&BC (%) are the
concentrations of MD, BC, MD and BC combined to the melt increase on the glaciers.
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